Teaching Assistant Level 2 (x3 Positions Available)

Devonshire Primary Academy, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY3 8AF

13 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  30 June 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  16 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Pro Rata SCP5 £16,899 - SCP6 £17,167

Teaching Assistant Level 2 (x3 Positions Available) job summary

Dear Prospective Candidates,

 

Devonshire Primary Academy wish to appoint three permanent Teaching Assistants at Level 2. The posts will involve supporting pupils in Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2; if you have a preference for a particular key stage, we would love to hear about it in your application.

These posts are term-time only; 30 hours per week, Monday Friday; with the successful candidates starting 01/09/2025.

  

The successful candidates will be passionate, dedicated, innovative and want to make a difference to the lives of our children. They must have relevant school experience and be able to

demonstrate an understanding of children’s educational development throughout the relevant age range. We would be interested to hear of any particular curricular strengths or areas of expertise/interest. 

 

At Devonshire Primary Academy every child is important and everyone is treated as an individual. We place great emphasis on our ability to provide a secure, caring and welcoming environment in which everyone has pride in themselves and strives to achieve the highest possible standard of learning, behaviour and attitudes. We endeavour to ensure that all children leave our care with a love of education and with the building blocks they need to become confident, life-long learners. 

 

At Devonshire Primary Academy, open methods of communication are well-established so that a shared responsibility for the development of the academy are much in evidence. The successful candidates will be joining an imaginative and mutually-supportive team where the creative Teaching Assistant can contribute to the academy as a whole. The successful candidates will:

 

·        Have an understanding of teaching and learning;

·        Have high personal and professional standards;

·        Have high expectations of themselves and for pupil achievement;

·        Have excellent oral and written communication skills;

·        Be enthusiastic and hardworking;

·        Have a warm and friendly personality;

·        Provide a high standard of social, emotional and intellectual care for young children;

·        Enjoy working closely and cooperatively as part of a team;

·        Provide support to the class teacher and assist in implementing the daily routine of a class; and

·        Be able to implement activities for children as required under the direction of the class teacher.

Devonshire Primary Academy is a happy, exciting and productive school with a wealth of opportunities for our children and staff. We can offer you: 

 

·        The chance to be part of a closely connected, dedicated and hardworking staff;

·        A friendly and supportive whole school staff team;

·        Opportunities for professional development;

·        A commitment to reducing staff workload and prioritising staff wellbeing – The Sea View Trust has signed up to the DfE Wellbeing Charter and Devonshire Primary Academy was named as Active Workplace of the Year 2023 at Active Lives Community Awards;

·        A consistent, supportive and fair approach to dealing with staff absence, which applies to all employees and covers all types of absence;

·        Term time employment, allowing you to spend school holidays with family;

·        Enrolment into a pension scheme – employees do not pay tax or national insurance on their pension contributions and the school add a generous employer contribution;

·        Free onsite parking;

·        The option to purchase a new bicycle and cycling equipment via salary sacrifice making tax and national insurance savings; and

·        The opportunity to work in a school which is at the heart of its community and always looking for innovative ways to provide the best education. 

 

Visits to the academy are encouraged and have been scheduled for Tuesday 24th June at 9:30am and 3:30pm.  If you wish to visit, please arrange this by emailing admin@devonshire.svt.org.uk and providing your name and telephone number.  We would also invite you to peruse our school website: https://www.devonshire.blackpool.sch.uk/ and our Facebook Page: Devonshire Primary Academy to gain an insight into our wonderful school.

 

The closing date for applications is Monday 30th June at 9:00am and interviews are currently scheduled to take place on Thursday 3rd July. 

 

We look forward to receiving your application should you wish to apply.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Mr D.P. Simm

Headteacher

Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to volunteer to share this commitment. Appointment is subject to successful references and an enhanced DBS. The post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). If successful, you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a 'disclosure'. Information provided by you or the Disclosure and Barring Service will be dealt with in a confidential manner in accordance with the DBS's Code of Practice.

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About Devonshire Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 454 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Devonshire Primary Academy website
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Devonshire Primary Academy is a coeducational primary school with academy status that is situated at the heart of an area of economic and social deprivation in a densely populated part of Blackpool.

The staff team is made up of approximately 80 teaching and non-teaching members and we educate learners aged 3 to 11.

We place great emphasis on our ability to provide a secure, caring and welcoming environment in which everyone has pride in themselves and strives to achieve the highest possible standard of learning, behaviour and attitudes. Children start our school with attainment well below that typical for their age and we endeavour to ensure that all children leave our care with a love of education and with the building blocks they need to become confident, life-long learners.

Our dedicated staff, parents and governors all work together to make Devonshire Primary Academy the best environment for our children to thrive.

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